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Entering The Kingdom

Entering The Kingdom. John 3:5 “Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!”. Who Was Nicodemus? A Pharisee. John 3:1 Ruler of the Jews. John 3:1; 7:50 A teacher of Israel. John 3:10 Asked for the body of Jesus. John 19:39. Entering The Kingdom.

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Entering The Kingdom

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  1. Entering The Kingdom John 3:5 “Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!”

  2. Who Was Nicodemus? • A Pharisee. John 3:1 • Ruler of the Jews. John 3:1; 7:50 • A teacher of Israel. John 3:10 • Asked for the body of Jesus. John 19:39

  3. Entering The Kingdom Who Shall NOTEnter The Kingdom? Matthew 5:20 “Say and do not.” Matthew 23:2-3 • Must “do.” Matthew 5:19-20; Acts 10:34-35 • Those who trust in riches. Mark 10:23-27; Luke 12:13-21; Matthew 19:16-22 • Those who follow the works of the flesh. Galatians 5:19 • The unrighteous. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; cf. Acts 18:8

  4. Entering The Kingdom Who SHALL Enter The Kingdom? John 3:5, “Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!” • “Begotten” (1 Peter 1:23; 1 Corinthians 4:15; James 1:18; cf. Luke 8:11; cf. “rebirth” in Titus 3:5) • Starting all over! • cf. Ezekiel 36:22-31 – Complete transformation necessary to receive the blessings of God. cf. Jeremiah 31:31ff

  5. Entering The Kingdom Who SHALL Enter The Kingdom? John 3:5, “Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!” • Nicodemus should have known that a physical birth was not all that made him God’s elect! Verses 7, 10 • There was the necessity of circumcision. Genesis 17 • As David affirmed, a new heart was required!Psalms 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”Psalms 51:17, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, 0 God, thou wilt not despise.” • Without that new heart, even the Jew was not acceptable to Jehovah!

  6. Entering The Kingdom Who SHALL Enter The Kingdom? John 3:5, “Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!” • Baptism puts one “into Christ” in Galatians 3:27 (as in Romans 6:3-4). “New creatures”2 Corinthians 5:17 • Baptism “washes away sins.” Acts 22:16 • Baptism is “unto remission of sins.” Acts 2:38 • Baptism “saves us.” 1 Peter 3:21

  7. Entering The Kingdom Who SHALL Enter The Kingdom? Matthew 18:3, “Except ye turn (be converted - KJV), and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.” • From unbelief to believing. John 8:24; Mark 16:16; Hebrews 11:6 • From impenitent to penitent. Luke 13:3; Acts 17:30; Romans 2:6-8 • From disobedient to obedient. Hebrews 5:8-9; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 • RESULTS: Like a little child. (Humble, loving, obedient, forgiving, etc.)

  8. Entering The Kingdom Who SHALL Enter The Kingdom? Matthew 7:21, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.” • Obedience: cf. Matthew 17:5 • Children. Ephesians 6:1; Exodus 20:12 • Us. Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:46-47

  9. Entering The KingdomMatthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:44-47 Preaching Believed Repented Confessed Baptized Saved Preaching Faith Repentance Confession Baptism Salvation Romans 10:4 Hebrews11:6 Luke 13:3 Romans 10:10 Galatians 3:16-27 2 Timothy 2:10 Hebrews 5:8-9

  10. Entering The Kingdom • John 3:5, “Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!” • Conclusion: • Saved ones are delivered, translated, transformed, changed, “out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love” (Colossians 1:13)

  11. Entering The Kingdom • John 3:5, “Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!” • Conclusion: • The same act of Baptism that saves the believer (Mark 16:16; 1 Peter 3:21), so that the Lord adds him to His church (Acts 2:47), and that puts the believer from “without” the body to “into the body” (1 Corinthians 12:13), and from “without” Christ to being “in Christ” (Galatians 3:26-27), is the act that “translates,” “changes” him from “without” to “into the kingdom” of Christ.

  12. Entering The Kingdom Are You In The Kingdom Of Christ?

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